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Creating business opportunities for women through ICT
(United Nations, 2001-12)
<p>This publication examines the development of electronic commerce and its impact on employment opportunities particularly on women. Both developed and developing economies are in need of skilled IT specialists to cope ...
Violence against women in South Asia : subregional overview
(United Nations, 1999)
The report attempts to compile a subregional overview of violence against women. The report has been prepared as a working paper for the subregional ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Eliminating Violence Against Women held at ...
The role of the family in development : four studies of the situation in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1993)
<p>In compliance with the General Assembly resolution 44/82, unanimously proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family (IYF), the Asian and Pacific Preparatory Meeting for the International Year of the Family was ...
Women in Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1993
(United Nations, 1994)
ESCAP organized the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development in Jakarta, 7-14 June 1994 to review and appraise implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of ...
Statistical compendium on women in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1994)
In response to growing demands from government and non-governmental organizations and experts working on women’s issues for information including statistics and data on women in Asia and Pacific, ESCAP launched a ...
Jakarta declaration for the advancement of women in Asia and the Pacific: second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development, Jakarta, 7-14 June 1994
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The participants in the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development, having met in Jakarta from 7 to 14 June 1994, have reviewed and appraised the implementation of the Nairobi Forward Looking ...
Women and men in the Philippines : a statistical handbook
(National Statistical Coordination Board, 1995-11)
<p>This handbook of statistics on women and men in the Philippines is one of the outputs of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Project on Improving Statistics on Gender ...
Migration of women in the context of globalization in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 1999-06)
This paper provides a review of the changing status of women in the Asian and Pacific region in the context of migration brought about through the extension of global influences in the region. One of the few generalizations ...
Guidelines for integrating women's concerns into development planning in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1991)
Presents the guidelines for integrating women's concerns into the development process, thereby making fuller use of all human resources for economic and social development, and as a way of improving the distribution of ...
Women and violence, human rights and armed conflict
(United Nations, 2000-03)
<p>Activities to promote legal literacy to empower women and men with knowledge of women’s human rights have increased since 1995, most notably from the NGO sector. Strategies to outreach the different groups within ...